Awabes
This addition is given because it offers another motivation from the farm name, viz. That the waterhole has the shape of a calabash, and that the name is transferred to the farm. This is a statement that also gets support from the old nomination of 'kromkalbas', cf. The announcements of Mr Voigt, the owner, in a * s.v. Pastor Moritz quotes from sources and maps that the farm name was also recorded as 'Awabes'. On the Surveyor General 1972's map is the spelling 'Abbabis', such as the entry with us. A drawing of the intended calbass type appears on the cover of Pastor Moritz's booklet.
About this item
Identifier
3125_SKCPN
Title
Awabes
Alternative Title
Abbabis
Georeference Sources
S 2316 CC
Is Part Of
longitude
16.125
latitude
-23.875
Measurement Accuracy
12.5 km radius
Name in Khoekhoe or Nama
Awabes*
Awabes
Source
eng
Moritz W 1972 Ababis 3 'Ababis ... so today the farm is still on the edge of the Namib at the Tsondabrivier. Ababis called the Nama this water pike, because ABAS is the Kiirbis bottle or Kalebasse. A deep slot has eaten the rivier into the lime glomerate, which then extends to the belly of the calabash deep and round ... the open water yoke is still called 'Kalebash' today ... '
afr
Moritz W 1972 Ababis 3 'Ababis...so heisst noch heute die Farm am Rande der Namib am Tsondabrivier. Ababis nannten die Nama diese Wasserstelle, denn abas ist die Kiirbisflasche oder Kalebasse. Einen tiefen Schlot hat das Rivier in das Kalkglomerat hineingefressen, der sich dann zum Bauch der Kalebasse tief und rund ausweitet...Die offene Wasserstelle wird auch heute noch ‘Kalebasse’ genannt...'
Description
eng
This addition is given because it offers another motivation from the farm name, viz. That the waterhole has the shape of a calabash, and that the name is transferred to the farm. This is a statement that also gets support from the old nomination of 'kromkalbas', cf. The announcements of Mr Voigt, the owner, in a * s.v. Pastor Moritz quotes from sources and maps that the farm name was also recorded as 'Awabes'. On the Surveyor General 1972's map is the spelling 'Abbabis', such as the entry with us. A drawing of the intended calbass type appears on the cover of Pastor Moritz's booklet.
afr
Hierdie toevoeging word gegee omdat dit 'n ander motivering van die plaasnaam bied, nl. dat die watergat die vorm van 'n kalbas het, en dat die naam toe oorgedra is op die plaas. Dit is 'n verklaring wat ook steun kry uit die ou benoeming van 'Kromkalbas', vgl. die mededelings van mnr Voigt, die eienaar, in A* s.v. Pastor Moritz haal uit bronne en kaarte nog aan dat die plaasnaam ook as ‘Awabes’ opgeteken is. Op die landmeter- generaal 1972 se kaart is die spelling ‘Abbabis’, soos die inskrywing by ons. ’n Tekening van die bedoelde kalbassoort verskyn op die voorblad van pastor Moritz se boekie.
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